Sumatra Earthquake Tectonics
The maps and charts on these pages are derived from the USGS Poster of the Indonesian 'Quake of July, 2004, modified with data from the Great Indonesian Quake of December 26, 2004. The maps and charts on these pages are not official publications of the USGS.


Note the increasing depth of 'quakes NE of the Australian/Sunda Plate boundary. Note also the small rift zone forming the SE boundary of the Burma Plate, and the intense seismicity of the area in the immediate vicinity of the main shock of the December 26, 2004 quake.
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